Zikri Islam

Zikri Islam was a Sunni heresy in the Middle Ages. Zikris were the followers of the Imam Akhar Zaman Hazrat Syed Muhammad Jaunpuri (Imam Mehdi).

History
Akhar Zaman Hazrat Syed Muhammad Jaunpuri declared himself the "Mahdi", the long-awaited successor of Muhammad, and claimed to have the true meaning of the Qur'an in his mind. He was ignored in Mecca, but in Gujarat he gained a following despite persecution by Muzaffar II of Ahmedabad. Zikri Islam is located in most parts of India, Sindh and Balochistan in Pakistan, Farah in Afghanistan, Khorasan in Iran, and parts of some countries in Central Asia.